12 states pick GIS to help build broadband coverage maps - ArcNews Fall 2009 Issue

Twelve U.S. states and Puerto Rico have chosen solutions based on ESRI's ArcGIS software and technology to help develop broadband coverage maps and better position them for competitive funding available through the U.S. State Broadband Data and Development Grants Program. These states and territory selected ESRI Business Partner Connected Nation, a nonprofit corporation based in Washington, D.C., to implement ESRI's GIS technology-based solution to develop maps that identify areas where high-speed Internet service is available and unavailable across its state or territory.

Connected Nation specializes in establishing public-private partnerships to spearhead the initiatives and develop the maps. Nevada and Texas join a growing list of states partnering with Connected Nation, including Alaska, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee...